dc.contributor.author |
Papuni, Jack Rangi (Matenga) |
en |
dc.date.accessioned |
2008-12-10T22:38:54Z |
en |
dc.date.available |
2008-12-10T22:38:54Z |
en |
dc.date.issued |
2004 |
en |
dc.identifier |
THESIS 05-129 |
en |
dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/3226 |
en |
dc.description |
Restricted Item. Print thesis available in the University of Auckland Library or may be available through Interlibrary Loan. |
en |
dc.description.abstract |
Just as in Maori history. Maori taua was organised on the basis of kinship and locality,
so did most Maori men join platoons in their own tribal companies for World War II
(WWII). Maori has a warrior ancestry which could account for young men volunteering
for service in the 28nd Maori Battalion.
The 28nd Maori Battalion was an integral part of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary
Force (2 NZEF). They fought in Greece, Crete, Egypt Libya, Tunisia and in Italy and
were involved in some of the heaviest fighting throughout WWII, suffering a high toll
of death and wounded including prisoners of war. The 2nd NZEF was regularly selected
for impol1ant and dangerous assignments, which led to concerns by Charlie Company
(C Coy) officers and Padres of the persistent use by the Divisional staff of the unit to
support difficult tasks. They wrote letters to their families and to Sir Apirana Ngata
stating this, and asking to be returned home. However, the Maori Battalion remained
till the end of the war although a system of furlough was put in place allowing soldiers
to return home.
The Maori soldiers left home as innocent young men and fought under atrocious
conditions. Many died and the survivors faced the loss of their comrades and were
pushed to the limits of their endurance. They returned home battle-hardened and some,
suffered from shellshock or war neurosis, or known by clinicians today as Post-traumatic
Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Maori spiritual values provide a resource for the interpretation of the effects of war on
the spirituality of Maori soldiers returning borne from WWII. Their mental or
psychological health was interlinked with their physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing
from which derived their attitudes and behaviour in their homes and in their
communities. The Maori veterans experienced the violation of their mana and tapu
during the war that left them in a state of noa. War also tested their faith and
relationship with Atua. Themes from the Johannine passion account John 18: 1·21: 14
will be interpreted through the lens of these veterans 'war experience' and their return
from WWII. |
en |
dc.publisher |
ResearchSpace@Auckland |
en |
dc.relation.isreferencedby |
UoA1479935 |
en |
dc.rights |
Restricted Item. Print thesis available in the University of Auckland Library or may be available through Interlibrary Loan. |
en |
dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
en |
dc.title |
'We answer the call to arms' : war experience and its toll on the spirituality of the Maori soldier post-WWII |
en |
dc.type |
Thesis |
en |
thesis.degree.grantor |
The University of Auckland |
en |
thesis.degree.level |
Masters |
en |
dc.subject.marsden |
Fields of Research::370000 Studies in Human Society::379900 Other Studies In Human Society::379902 Indigenous studies |
en |
dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/ClosedAccess |
en |
dc.identifier.wikidata |
Q112860143 |
|